Review for Unit I Test

Basic Recall  When there is a question of basic recall, go back and find it in the story. Text evidence beats your memory any day. You are NOT TOO SMART to go back and look up the answer!

Words that you don’t know…  Look them up. Every time. Read the definition twice. Every time. Even if it isn’t an English word, look it up.

Know your literary terms  Foreshadowing- hinting at things to come  Plot- exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution  Irony- Three types- 1. Situational Irony- When something happens that is the opposite of what is expected. 2. Verbal Irony- Sarcasm 3. Dramatic Irony- when the reader or audience knows something that the characters don’t know

More Literary Terms…  Flashback- a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story  Compare- to tell how things are the same  Contrast- to tell how things are different  Inferences- drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment based on the text

More Literary Terms…  Character foils- Characters who are opposites  Static- Characters who stay the same  Dynamic- Characters who change  Round Character- a complex literary character with fully developed and dynamic traits  Flat Character- a literary character who is not fully developed and has static traits.

Personal Perspective  The author’s personal perspective is the author's opinions and/or attitude about his or her topic. This forms the author’s purpose in his or her writing.

Grammar… Booo….  Parts of Speech  Noun- Person, place, thing or idea  Verb- action or state of being  Pronoun- takes the place of a noun  Adjective- describes a noun  Adverb- describes a verb

More Grammar… Booo….  Verbals  Infinitive- to _________  Gerund- ends in –ing, acts like a noun  Past Participle- ends in –en or –ed, acts like an adverb or adjective  Present Participle- ends in –ing, acts like an adverb or adjective

And More Grammar… Booo…..  Clauses  Independent- can stand alone as a complete sentence  Dependent- cannot stand alone  Types of Sentences  Simple- one independent clause  Compound- two or more independent clauses, separated by a coordinating conjunction  Complex- one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.